The difference between you and Dasaratha's son is the difference between a crow and Garuda, a watercrane and a peacock, a vulture and a swan in the forest. [3-47-47]
So long Rama, equal in prowess to the thousandeyed Indra stands with bow and arrows in hand, I will not, although abducted, wither away like a diamond gulped by an insect (fly).' [3-47-48]
Having said thus to the wicked nightwalker Ravana, Sita, pure in thought remained distressed.Her slender body started trembling like a banana plant becomes shaken by a violent wind. [3-47-49]
तां वेपमानामुपलक्ष्य सीतां स रावणो मृत्युसमप्रभावः | कुलं बलं नाम च कर्म चात्मनः समाचचक्षे भयकारणार्थम् || ३-४७-५०
Beholding Sita who was trembling, Ravana, powerful like death, started telling about himself, his clan, his strength and his deeds to instil more fear in her. [3-47-50]